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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479873903321

Autore

Daniel G. Reginald <1949->

Titolo

Race and multiraciality in Brazil and the United States : converging paths? / / G. Reginald Daniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

0-271-02884-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 365 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

305.800981

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Brazil Race relations

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-334) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The historical foundation -- Eurocentrism : racial formation and the master racial project -- The Brazilian path : the ternary racial project -- The Brazilian path less traveled : contesting the ternary racial project -- The U.S. path: the binary racial project -- The U.S. path less traveled : contesting the binary racial project -- Converging paths -- A new U.S. racial order : the demise of Jim Crow segregation -- A new Brazilian racial order : a decline in the racial democracy ideology -- The U.S. convergence : toward the Brazilian path -- The Brazilian convergence : toward the U.S. path -- Epilogue : the U.S. and Brazilian racial orders : changing points of reference -- References -- Index.